Al-Qaida in border town pledges loyalty to rivals

By Zeina Karam

Published June 25, 2014 8:44pm ET

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Al-Qaida in border town pledges loyalty to rivals — In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians gather at the site of a car bombing in Homs, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. An explosion struck the central Syrian city of Homs, killing and wounding several people, in the latest blast to hit the city in recent weeks, Syrian media and an activist group said. (AP Photo/SANA) | Uncredited

BEIRUT (AP) — A group of fighters from al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate in a border town has defected and joined the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the powerful jihadi faction currently leading a blitz offensive in Iraq, an activist group said Wednesday.

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